Emily Mikkelsen
@fakemikkelsen.bsky.social
they/them. reporter. enthusiastic pet person. tattoo collector.
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Ed's got a significant scoop here, an under-the-hood look at GPT5 that suggests why it feels like such a step back to users. The incompetence from OpenAI here is truly remarkable.
Here's a bonus ep of Better Offline. I report on how OpenAI’s new "router-based" ChatGPT-5 makes it impossible for OpenAI to cache the static prompt for any model or tool it uses every single prompt, doubling token burn for mediocre gains.
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Exclusive: How GPT-5 Actually Works
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 08/22/2025 · 29m
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August 22, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Ed's got a significant scoop here, an under-the-hood look at GPT5 that suggests why it feels like such a step back to users. The incompetence from OpenAI here is truly remarkable.
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A Guilford County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that body camera footage from a controversial traffic stop in Greensboro can be released to the public.
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Judge rules Greensboro can release bodycam footage of controversial traffic stop
The incident has led to residents calling for a change in the Greensboro Police Department's methods.
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August 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A Guilford County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that body camera footage from a controversial traffic stop in Greensboro can be released to the public.
www.wfdd.org/courts/2025-...
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Oldest African bull elephant in U.S. celebrates another birthday
Oldest African bull elephant in U.S. celebrates another birthday
ASHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Six African elephants live at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro. One of them is the oldest African male elephant in the country, and as Shannon Smith shows us, he just cele…
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August 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Oldest African bull elephant in U.S. celebrates another birthday
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violets are blue roses have hips,
August 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
violets are blue roses have hips,
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This is in the replies and it demonstrates a real issue which is if you find profundity from an AI, you’re responding to something profound a human being wrote that was vacuumed up and what ends up happening is you thank AI and not only don’t thank the person, you have no idea they were involved
August 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is in the replies and it demonstrates a real issue which is if you find profundity from an AI, you’re responding to something profound a human being wrote that was vacuumed up and what ends up happening is you thank AI and not only don’t thank the person, you have no idea they were involved
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I often find myself saying "what a time to be alive" but friends, today, defector.com/it-took-many...
It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes | Defector
It’s not AI winter just yet, though there is a distinct chill in the air. Meta is shaking up and downsizing its artificial intelligence division. A new report out of MIT finds that 95 percent of compa...
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August 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I often find myself saying "what a time to be alive" but friends, today, defector.com/it-took-many...
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Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Enters into Definitive Agreement To Acquire TEGNA Inc. for $6.2 Billion in Accretive Transaction
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Enters into Definitive Agreement To Acquire TEGNA Inc. for $6.2 Billion in Accretive Transaction
Enhances Nexstar’s Position as a Leading Local Media Company Preserves High-Quality Local Journalism and Diversity of Opinion Strengthens Ability to Compete with Big Tech and Big Media Expec…
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August 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Enters into Definitive Agreement To Acquire TEGNA Inc. for $6.2 Billion in Accretive Transaction
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Macron says he and Brigitte "had to" sue Candace Owens.
Macron says he and Brigitte ‘had to’ sue hard-right influencer Candace Owens
France’s first couple sued the commentator in July over her spurious assertion that the first lady is a man.
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August 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Macron says he and Brigitte "had to" sue Candace Owens.
when the whole squad rocks up #dungeonsanddragons @heroforgeminis.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
when the whole squad rocks up #dungeonsanddragons @heroforgeminis.bsky.social
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I forgot about this for a while but the Bryce Elder "Sam Altman's kitchen" piece may be one of my favourite things I've read in business or tech history.
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August 18, 2025 at 6:23 AM
I forgot about this for a while but the Bryce Elder "Sam Altman's kitchen" piece may be one of my favourite things I've read in business or tech history.
www.ft.com/content/b180...
www.ft.com/content/b180...
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the womanhood imagined by transphobes is a prison
the level of cracked where you can't conceive of trans women cooking
April 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
the womanhood imagined by transphobes is a prison
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Ooh can’t right now, boss. I’m goofing around with my vibrant online community
September 16, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Ooh can’t right now, boss. I’m goofing around with my vibrant online community
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Kendrick surprise droppin is crazyyyy he just turnt my whole Friday up
November 22, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Kendrick surprise droppin is crazyyyy he just turnt my whole Friday up
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I think adults should get a personal pan pizza for reading books too
November 19, 2024 at 3:42 PM
I think adults should get a personal pan pizza for reading books too
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"Based on all of the information CNN had gathered during its investigation, it had no reason to seriously doubt that Robinson was the author of the minisoldr Nude Africa posts. To allege otherwise is wishful pleading."
CNN calls Robinson lawsuit ‘political theatre,’ ‘untethered from actual facts,’ ‘ridiculous’ in motion for federal court to dismiss case
RALEIGH, N.C. (WGHP) — About a week after moving a defamation lawsuit from superior court to federal court, CNN has now filed to dismiss North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s defamation law…
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November 22, 2024 at 6:06 PM
"Based on all of the information CNN had gathered during its investigation, it had no reason to seriously doubt that Robinson was the author of the minisoldr Nude Africa posts. To allege otherwise is wishful pleading."